Turned down by Bad Boy artist Craig Mack, the beat to “Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz” is a great combo of danceable-but-not-dancey drum programming and a sparse organ groove sprinkled with these weird chimes that make the track instantly recognizable. The next single charted slightly lower but marks the apex of the Lost Boyz legacy. Cheeks gives a detailed characterization of two youths engaged in illegal activities, before turning the focus on himself and how he got out of the game. The two ’95 singles were both produced by Easy Mo Bee at the height of his career, when he was working on 2Pac’s “Me Against the World” after being heavily involved in The Notorious BIG’s “Ready to Die.” “Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless” is trademark Easy Mo symphonic boom bap, a melodically pleasing backdrop for the serious hood tales.
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“Legal Drug Money” contains five singles (released between ’95 and ’97) that cracked Billboard’s Hot 100 and rose as high as between positions 3 and 11 in the Hot Rap Singles charts.
Since then, Canibus has pursued a rather peculiar career path, rarely ever looking back, but it’s easy to see why he would hang on to an old sticker that reminds him of a time when the future looked nothing but bright.Īmidst bi-coastal beef and in the heyday of Death Row and Bad Boy, the Lost Boyz were able to carve out a niche for themselves with their infectious party vibes. Hutton remix of “Music Makes Me High” featuring Tha Dogg Pound.
Turns out, Bis could already be heard (credited as Canibus The Bugdealer, curiously) a year before, on a visionary L.T. Along with other early appearances, his two spots on their sophomore effort “Love, Peace and Nappiness,” especially “Beasts From the East,” raised expectations sky-high. Heads old enough to remember a time when LB didn’t stand for Little Brother may recall that before the Wyclef Jean connection that resulted in the ill-received “Can-I-Bus” debut, it were the Lost Boyz who gave lyrical carnivore Canibus his first exposure (thanks to their mutual manager Charles Suitt). The only artifact from my past that I still have” ‘Legal Drug Money’ stickers on the back of my bag
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